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Based on his post, Antiporda tested positive for COVID-19 via antigen test over two weeks ago. MY COVID 19 FIGHTHINDI KO SINABING GAYAHIN NYOPERO ITO ANG PINAG DAANAN KODAY 2 MAR. 23, 2021 : DR. ROGEL…Posted by Benny Antiporda on Monday, April 5, 2021 He said his symptoms first manifested on March 22 after he lost his voice and had itchiness in his throat. He immediately took the test, he said. Fortunately, all of his housemates turned out negative for the virus during their respective antig...

Lebanon Organization COOPI is looking for a SWM Programme Manager/Country Representative in Lebanon COOPI has operated and developed humanitarian projects in South Lebanon in the year 2003-2005. Since 2013, COOPI has been operating in Northern Lebanon to support most basic and pressing needs of Refugees and vulnerable host communities through a multi-sector and integrated approach. COOPI assists the targeted communities mainly by providing water, sanitation and hygiene assistance, shelter suppo...

: Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 9:11 PM IST Mumbai: BMC spends over 88% of allotted budget on development projects during FY 2020-21, highest in last 11 years File Image MUMBAI: For the first time in over a decade, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has spent over 88 per cent of the allotted budget for developmental activities/projects during FY 2020-21. The increase in the spend on capital expenditure has provided a much-needed push to development and infrastructure projects in the city, ...

(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement Monday, April 5, the group called on national and local government authorities to be responsive to the special needs of workers belonging to the informal waste sector (IWS), especially with the one-week extension of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and its four nearby provinces. “Members of the IWS are among those hardest hit by the COVD-19 lockdowns because of the restrictions on movements that disallow them fro...

A 100 make-overs in just over a month A 100 make-overs in just over a month ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Apr 2, 2021, 06:00 IST Solid Waste Management black spots The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Solid Waste Management (SWM) wing has a reason to smile. The SWM wing, which has been criticised for not doing much about removing black spots, has ended up beautifying 100 black spots in the city. The SWM department, in association with The Ugly Indian, began identify...

Palike yet to notice the plight of pourakarmikas Palike yet to notice the plight of pourakarmikas ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Special Commissioner (Finance) Tulasi Maddineni, while presenting the Budget on March 27, had claimed the welfare of pourakarmikas as the foremost priority of the BBMP. The Special Commissioner had announced the civic body’s plan of giving Rs 200 per month to each of the pourak...

Expert Committee on Solid Waste Management submits report to President Expert Committee on Solid Waste Management submits report to President Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); The report of the Expert Committee on Solid Waste Management was handed over to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on Wednesday (31). On the instructions of the President, a 14-member committee was appointed last July to identify problems in waste management and propose solutions. Enginee...

8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners 8 BBMP zones get their own commissioners ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST Changes based on burden on chief IAS officers as zonal commissioners of eight Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) zones, in the first of a series of administrative changes being rolled out in keeping with the BBMP Act, 2020. The burden of civic administration on the chief commissioner is expected to reduce with the zonal commissioners getting...

Farmers set to get compost at no cost Farmers set to get compost at no cost ByY Maheswara ReddyY Maheswara Reddy / Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 06:00 IST The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike ( BBMP) has decided to clear tonnes of second-grade compost piled up at Doddabidarakallu Solid Waste Processing Plant, by doling it out to farmers. “All these years, farmers used to bear the transportation cost of the compost to their farming lands. Now, we have decided to bear the cost and supply the compo...

Director Rural Sanitation Inaugurates 4-Days Workshop On Solid Waste Management At SKICC In his inaugural speech, the Director appreciated the participants for attending the workshop and informed them about the benefits, aims and objectives of the workshop. He said the workshop will help them in understanding the different aspects and modern trends of Solid Waste Management on scientific lines that will ultimately pave way for a plastic-free society and will help us to dispose the waste in a pr...